# 1906 in Wales

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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1906 to Wales and its people.

## Incumbents

* Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Dyfed
* Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey – Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
* Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire – Joseph Bailey, 2nd Baron Glanusk
* Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire – John Ernest Greaves
* Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire – Herbert Davies-Evans
* Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire – Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet
* Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire – William Cornwallis-West
* Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire – Hugh Robert Hughes
* Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan – Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
* Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire – W. R. M. Wynne
* Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire – Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar
* Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire – Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
* Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire – Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor
* Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire – Powlett Milbank
* Bishop of Bangor – Watkin Williams
* Bishop of Llandaff – Joshua Pritchard Hughes
* Bishop of St Asaph – A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)
* Bishop of St Davids – John Owen

## Events

* 13 February - In the United Kingdom general election:
** For the first time ever, no Conservative MP is elected in Wales.
** William Brace becomes Labour MP for South Glamorganshire.
** David Davies becomes Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire.
** Ivor Guest becomes Liberal MP for Cardiff District.
** Alfred Mond becomes Liberal MP for Chester.
** John David Rees becomes Liberal MP for Montgomery District.
** Ivor Treowen becomes MP for South Monmouthshire.
** John Williams becomes MP for Gower District.
* 5 June - At the Eifion by-election, brought about by the resignation of John Bryn Roberts, Liberal candidate Ellis Davies is elected unopposed.
* 27 June - One of the strongest earthquakes recorded in the UK strikes Swansea with a strength of 5.2 on the Richter Scale, damaging several buildings.
* August - Evan Roberts suffers a breakdown, signalling the end of the 1904-1905 Welsh Revival.
* 14 August - The East Denbighshire by-election, brought about by the resignation of Samuel Moss, is won by the Liberal candidate Edward Hemmerde.
* 30 August - Official opening of Fishguard Harbour.
* 12 September - Opening of Newport Transporter Bridge.
* October
** The new City Hall, Cardiff, and Law Courts are opened in Cathays Park.
** Opening of the first purpose-built sanatorium in Wales, at Allt-yr-yn, Newport.
** A by-election is held in Mid Glamorganshire as a result of the appointment of its MP, Samuel Evans, as Recorder of Swansea; he is required to seek re-election and in the by-election he is returned unopposed.
* date unknown
** David Brynmor Jones is knighted.
** Hydro-electricity is generated for the first time in Wales, at Cwm Dyli in Gwynedd.
** Anglican Benedictine monks arrive at Caldey Island to found a community.
** The South Wales Miners' Federation affiliates to the Labour Party.

## Arts and literature

* Ernest Rhys becomes editor of Everyman's Library.

### Awards

* National Eisteddfod of Wales - held in Caernarfon
** Chair - John James Williams (J. J.), "Y Lloer"
** Crown - Hugh Emyr Davies

### New books
#### English language

* Arthur Machen – The House of Souls
* W. J. Parry – The Cry of the People
* Allen Raine – Queen of the Rushes
* Edward Thomas - The Heart of England

#### Welsh language

* Owen Morgan Edwards - Clych Adgof
* Sarah Winifred Parry – Sioned: darluniau o fywyd gwledig yng Nghymru (book publication)
* Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn) - Telynegion Maes a Mor

### Music

* The Welsh Folk Song Society is co-founded by soprano Mary Davies.
* David Vaughan Thomas - The Knight's Burial

### Theatre

* 10 December - The New Theatre, Cardiff, opens to the public, with a performance of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

## Sport

* Boxing
** 23 May - Tom Thomas wins the British middleweight title.
* Rugby union
** Wales finish second in the 1906 Home Nations Championship, beating England and Scotland, but losing to Ireland.
** 1 December - Wales lose 11–0 to South Africa in the first encounter between the two countries.
* Tennis - For the first and only time, a Davis Cup final is played in Wales. The United States defeat Australia at Newport.

## Births

* 10 January - Tom Arthur, Wales international rugby player
* 16 January - Watcyn Thomas, rugby player (died 1977)
* 19 February - Grace Williams, composer (died 1977)
* 4 March - Tommy Jones-Davies, Wales international rugby player (died 1960)
* 15 March - Bill Everson, Wales international rugby player (died 1966)
* 4 April - John Roberts Wales international rugby player (died 1965)
* 24 April - Leslie Thomas, politician (died 1971)
* 25 June - Roger Livesey, actor (died 1976)
* 27 June - Vernon Watkins, poet (died 1967)
* 12 July - Archie Skym, international rugby union player
* 15 July - Herbert Edmund-Davies, Baron Edmund-Davies, judge (died 1992)
* 16 October - Maudie Edwards, actress (died 1991)
* 18 November - Nigel Birch, Baron Rhyl, politician (died 1981)
* 8 December - Richard Llewellyn, novelist (died 1983)

## Deaths

* 6 January
** Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk, retired Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire, 65
** Emrys ap Iwan, writer, 54
* 25 March - Gwilym Williams, judge, 66
* 4 June - John William Evans, politician, 36
* 24 June - Henry Dennis, industrialist, 80
* 24 July - John Edwards (Meiriadog), poet, 93
* 27 August - James Charles, painter, 55
* 4 September - William Bowen Rowlands, politician
* 16 September - Robert Llugwy Owen, minister and writer, 69
* 22 September - Griffith Arthur Jones, Anglican priest, 78
* 21 October - Griffith Jones (Glan Menai), writer, 70
* 25 November - William W. Davies, Mormon leader, 73
* 29 November - Mary Dillwyn Welby, photographer, 90
* 30 November - Sir Edward James Reed, politician, 76
* 30 December - William Stadden, Wales international rugby player, 45 (suicide)